Do you delete or trash on your forum?

[Katrina]

Do you delete posts/threads (such as spam or ones that violate the rules) or do you have a Trash Area you send them to on your forum?

 

[Gio]

I never delete cause it can get messy trying to find stuff later down the road.

 

[Page]

I do both, most of the time I delete but at times I wish I did not deleted it

 

[meetdilip]

I don't want to take a chance and leave it to get indexed by Google.

 

[Shannon Apple]

Soft delete shitposts, so there is still a record. If it's an entire thread, it's moved to a trash area.

 

[Page]

I do have an trash area but no simple plugin option that allows me to click and send to trash lol

 

[dojo]

I delete everything. If it's in the trash, it's gonna keep on using database space for nothing. If something isn't suitable for the forums anymore, then I see no reason to keep it. If you are actively moderating, there's no chance for orphan threads / posts, since you can remove the junk as soon as it appears.

 

[Deleted member 17779]

I normally just send posts to the trash. That way, if a post was moved to the trash in error, I can just move it back to where it should be. Like, if you have someone that makes a duplicate topic then you can just send it to the trash. But if you find out it's not a duplicate topic, you can move the post back to where it's suppose to be. But most will just get left in the trash.

 

[usac]

No.. i dont delete